A pro athlete’s “outing” wins championship coverage; A fired Ohio lesbian aims to teach her diocese a lesson; Two more Brazilian states declare marital parity, but Northern Ireland lawmakers quash a marriage equality bill, while Samoa decriminalizes its “third gender”, “Best Gay Friends” are a hit in Vietnam, the world’s first elected “out” head of state retires, and more LGBT news

Minnesota makes it a U.S. marriage equality dozen; We might make you gay, but lesbian moms make you smart; International actions oppose homo- and trans-phobia, protestors squelch a Ukrainian job rights bill, an E.U. poll proves that the poor and the young bear the brunt of anti-LGBT bias, Brazil’s Justice Council opens the door to marriage equality, and more LGBT news